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The firm's style, mostly grounded in glass and steel, covers a diverse range of projects : a pedestrian bridge in Santiago, Chile; the conversion of the historic Flagey building in Brussels; Fina service stations; and the design and renovation of auditoriums, offices, and museums. Philippe Samyn's reputation arose from his ecologically sustainable low-tech projects and(...)
Architecture Monographs
August 2005, Ghent
Samyn & partners : architects and engineers
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The firm's style, mostly grounded in glass and steel, covers a diverse range of projects : a pedestrian bridge in Santiago, Chile; the conversion of the historic Flagey building in Brussels; Fina service stations; and the design and renovation of auditoriums, offices, and museums. Philippe Samyn's reputation arose from his ecologically sustainable low-tech projects and the interdisciplinary approach of his office, whose aim is to "conceive intelligible and relevant constructions that transform complexity into clarity." As well as providing an overview of the firm's 25 years in business, the authors delve into detail on some 20 projects.
Architecture Monographs
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From a converted printing house in Rotterdam and the experimental minds therein that brought you the Pig City project (an analysis of the pork industry’s manufacturing conditions) comes KM3, another contribution from the iconoclastic idea lab and architecture firm MVRDV. The office, which for more than a decade has been studying density as it relates to contemporary life(...)
MVRDV : KM3 excursions on capacities
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From a converted printing house in Rotterdam and the experimental minds therein that brought you the Pig City project (an analysis of the pork industry’s manufacturing conditions) comes KM3, another contribution from the iconoclastic idea lab and architecture firm MVRDV. The office, which for more than a decade has been studying density as it relates to contemporary life and architecture, bases its theories for the uses of space on complex data. Classic projects include the gravity-defying WoZoCo home for the eldery in Amsterdam, the headquarters for public broadcasting company VPRO in Hilversum, the Dutch pavilion for World Expo 2000 in Hanover, and the Housing Silo in Amsterdam. The firm’s buildings overthrow the primacy of an architectural "footprint" for more innovative and varied spatial paradigms. A follow-up to the publication of FARMAX, which sought to question and analyze the growing suburban "greyness" of the Netherlands and to propose new ways of thinking about the homogenization of landscape, KM3 extends that idea to a three-dimensional model, one that "generates space instead of consuming it" and encourages variety in form. This book explores three different strategies each in Rotterdam and Amsterdam on their spatial and technical capacity for creating a "3D city," one of cantilevers and underground connections, airiness and, most of all, diverse spaces. This is thinking at the forefront of a new urbanism. DVD with software and films included.
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At home : Heren 5 architects
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Aimed at a wider audience than most usual architectural studies, this book presents seven diverse residential projects designed by the architectural practice Heren 5. A key reference point in their design process is the concept “at home”, and how this feeling along with different desires for privacy and community can be effectively translated into a building design. Each(...)
Architecture Monographs
August 2005, Amsterdam
At home : Heren 5 architects
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Aimed at a wider audience than most usual architectural studies, this book presents seven diverse residential projects designed by the architectural practice Heren 5. A key reference point in their design process is the concept “at home”, and how this feeling along with different desires for privacy and community can be effectively translated into a building design. Each project comes accompanied with project documentation and an interview with the residents.
Architecture Monographs
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Located in New York City since 1972, Peter L. Gluck and Partners is known for its integrity of design and sensitivity to the relationship between architectural form and context. Rather than specializing in a particular building type or specific architectural style, the firm provides appropriate responses to often difficult and conflicting requirements, and has designed(...)
Peter L. Gluck and partners: the modern impulse
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Located in New York City since 1972, Peter L. Gluck and Partners is known for its integrity of design and sensitivity to the relationship between architectural form and context. Rather than specializing in a particular building type or specific architectural style, the firm provides appropriate responses to often difficult and conflicting requirements, and has designed buildings throughout the United States, ranging from houses, schools, religious buildings, and community centers to hotels, corporate interiors, university buildings, and historic restorations. This extensive overview of the firm's practice includes architectural drawings, digital and physical models, and photographs of finished projects.
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Edited by Architecture for Humanity, " Design like you give a damn " is a compendium of innovative projects from around the world that demonstrate the power of design to improve lives. The first book to bring the best of humanitarian architecture and design to the printed page, Design Like You Give a Damn offers a history of the movement toward socially conscious design(...)
Design like you give a damn : architectural responses to humanitarian crises
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Edited by Architecture for Humanity, " Design like you give a damn " is a compendium of innovative projects from around the world that demonstrate the power of design to improve lives. The first book to bring the best of humanitarian architecture and design to the printed page, Design Like You Give a Damn offers a history of the movement toward socially conscious design and showcases more than 80 contemporary solutions to such urgent needs as basic shelter, health care, education, and access to clean water, energy, and sanitation. Featured projects include some sponsored by Architecture for Humanity as well as many others undertaken independently, often against great odds.
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Ferrari research center
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The building site is in the centre of the Ferrara Industrial Complex (Maranello, Italy) which is undergoing major changes and developments. This project is born out of the desire of bringing the natural environment within this highly technological complex in order to create a comfortable working context (...) this building, dedicated to a car manufacturing company that(...)
Ferrari research center
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The building site is in the centre of the Ferrara Industrial Complex (Maranello, Italy) which is undergoing major changes and developments. This project is born out of the desire of bringing the natural environment within this highly technological complex in order to create a comfortable working context (...) this building, dedicated to a car manufacturing company that has represented, for generations, the realization of a dream, becomes part of this poetry, magic and reverie.
Architecture Monographs
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L'œuvre de Renzo Piano semble de plus en plus en phase avec notre époque. Il est l'un des rares architectes à s'impliquer personnellement dans chaque étape de la conception d'un édifice, de l'étude préliminaire aux ultimes finitions, et l'analyse qu'il fait de ses projets est riche d'enseignements. Chacune de ses créations s'avère à la fois novatrice et fascinante. Dans(...)
Un tour d'horizon avec Renzo Piano
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L'œuvre de Renzo Piano semble de plus en plus en phase avec notre époque. Il est l'un des rares architectes à s'impliquer personnellement dans chaque étape de la conception d'un édifice, de l'étude préliminaire aux ultimes finitions, et l'analyse qu'il fait de ses projets est riche d'enseignements. Chacune de ses créations s'avère à la fois novatrice et fascinante. Dans cet ouvrage, Renzo Piano nous guide à travers vingt-deux de ses réalisations. Chacune est introduite par un texte de l'architecte, suivi d'un reportage photographique qui mène le lecteur de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur du bâtiment, jusqu'au plus infime détail. Parmi les réalisations sélectionnées figurent le Centre Georges-Pompidou, le Centre culturel Jean-Marie -Tjibaou et le musée de la Fondation Beyeler. Présentant également le Renzo Piano Building Workshop, ces pages permettent de comprendre le travail de l'un des architectes les plus reconnus et les plus visionnaires de notre temps.
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When architect Rafael Vinoly was commissioned to design a major new centre for the arts at Duke University, he set about creating his first museum in North America and the first stand-alone museum in Duke's eighty-year history. The resulting 65,000-square-foot building has changed the cultural landscape of the university and indeed the Southeast. This book(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2005, Durham, North Carolina
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University : Rafael Vinoly Architects
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When architect Rafael Vinoly was commissioned to design a major new centre for the arts at Duke University, he set about creating his first museum in North America and the first stand-alone museum in Duke's eighty-year history. The resulting 65,000-square-foot building has changed the cultural landscape of the university and indeed the Southeast. This book documents the genesis and design of the new museum, which opens on October 2, 2005. The building is named in honor of the family of Raymond D. Nasher, an internationally prominent art collector who graduated from Duke in 1943. The brilliant core of the Nasher at Duke is a 13,000-square-foot glass and steel canopy rising to a height of 45 feet above the central gallery space. The faceted roof soars above the irregular pentagonal great hall, where five concrete pavilions fan out at different angles. The pavilions will house three large gallery spaces, an auditorium, offices, university and community classrooms, a museum shop, and a café with outdoor seating overlooking a sculpture garden. Set in the forest on Duke's campus, the museum's full-height glass walls and green slate floor connect the pavilions and further blur the division between building and nature. With an essay by art historian Annabel Jane Wharton, a design statement by architect Rafael Vinoly, a foreword by museum namesake Raymond D. Nasher, and photographs by Brad Feinknopf and Jerry Blow, this book documents the building that will become a cornerstone for cultural activities for the university and the public.
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Entre empire et nation : les représentations de la ville de Québec et de ses environs, 1760-1833
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Ce livre propose une explication historique de la représentation paysagère de la ville de Québec et de ses environs appuyée sur des gravures publiées à Londres au début du régime britannique. À partir des notions d'intentionnalité, de représentation et de paysage, l'auteur dans son interprétation va au-delà de la représentation objective des lieux habituellement attribuée(...)
Entre empire et nation : les représentations de la ville de Québec et de ses environs, 1760-1833
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Ce livre propose une explication historique de la représentation paysagère de la ville de Québec et de ses environs appuyée sur des gravures publiées à Londres au début du régime britannique. À partir des notions d'intentionnalité, de représentation et de paysage, l'auteur dans son interprétation va au-delà de la représentation objective des lieux habituellement attribuée à ces œuvres. Il soutient que l'image placée dans son contexte transmet également des sentiments, des valeurs et des croyances, et que le paysage participe à l'entreprise impériale et véhicule même des enjeux identitaires propres aux Britanniques. Se voulant rassurantes ou triomphantes, les séries d'images sous observation témoignent paradoxalement d'une certaine hantise de la maîtrise des lieux conquis. Présentée sous cet angle, la représentation de Québec et de ses environs traduit une géographie du dess(e)in et du désir et symbolise périodiquement le "droit" de la Grande-Bretagne à s'approprier et à s'assimiler le territoire canadien…
Architecture du Québec
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Durant plus de cent ans, l’ancienne prison de Québec a vu défiler des milliers de prisonniers. L’auteur, Pierre Landry, raconte l’histoire de l’institution carcérale à travers le quotidien d’un personnage bien réel qui a vécu entre les murs de la prison à la fin du XIXe siècle. Prison, auberge et musée, le pavillon Charles-Baillairgé est le premier livre qui soit(...)
Prison, auberge et musée : le pavillon Charles-Baillargé
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Durant plus de cent ans, l’ancienne prison de Québec a vu défiler des milliers de prisonniers. L’auteur, Pierre Landry, raconte l’histoire de l’institution carcérale à travers le quotidien d’un personnage bien réel qui a vécu entre les murs de la prison à la fin du XIXe siècle. Prison, auberge et musée, le pavillon Charles-Baillairgé est le premier livre qui soit consacré à l’histoire de ce lieu marquant de la ville de Québec. Devenue le « pavillon Charles-Baillairgé » en 1991, puis classée monument historique en 1997, l’ancienne prison fait aujourd’hui partie du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Cette publication, comprenant des textes en français et en anglais est agrémentée de 40 illustrations, dont 17 en couleurs.
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